Irish presidential election, 1966
- Irish presidential election, 1966
The Irish presidential election of 1966 was held on 1 June 1966. The outgoing president Éamon de Valera reluctantly agreed under Fianna Fáil party pressure to seek a second term. Fine Gael decided to run one of its younger TDs, Tom O'Higgins against him. In an astonishing upset, O'Higgins came within 1% (or 10,000 votes) of defeating de Valera. De Valera left the blame for this with his campaign manager Charles Haughey.
Result
Irish Election box begin
title=Irish Presidential Election, 1966Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Éamon de Valera
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 558,861
percentage = 50.48
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Tom O'Higgins
party = Fine Gael
votes = 548,144
percentage = 49.52
seat =
count =
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*President of Ireland
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